Bill hook



Aug. 16,1927. 7 39,137

v C. J. KORTZ BILL HOOK Filed Sept. 27. 1926 Com-a3. 5 Korlk avg/vented;

' Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

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BILL HOOK.

Application filed September 27, 1926. Serial No. 137,975.

Tidy invention relates toan improvement in bill books of the kind and type shownand described in Letters Fat-entof the United States, granted ,to me, October 5, 1909. Number 985.99?) The present device embodies certain features found in my former structure but'it also embodies new features ofconstruction which yield. improved results and advantages, all as hereinafter shown'and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims. 1 g

p In the accompanying drawings, Fig.1 is a perspective view of the bill hook showing the-hook pulled down as in use. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the device showing the hook raised and folded flat against the back of the card or main supporting body. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bill hook opened as in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear view and section, enlarged, of the locking plate on line of Fig. 6, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view vertically of the card and plate on line 5-5 of Fig. 4-. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the card and plate on center line 6-6 of Fig. 4. Figs. 7 and 8, are transverse sections of the card and plate on lines 7-7 and 8-8,'respectively of Fig. 4.

The present bill hook comprises a flat card 2 having a metal hook 3 secured in slidable and foldable connection therewith as in my former device. The card usuallydisplays advertising matter on its front face, and the construction and cost of production thereof is a factor because such bill hooks are usually distributed free for their advert-ising value. Distribution proceeds mainly through the mails where the device issubject to stamping and crushing pressure. Upon receipt the user suspends the device from a n ail, using an opening 4: in the upper part of the card for that purpose. lVire hook member 3 has a straight shank 5 which is bent at right angles at its upper end, and this angular extremity 6 is adapted to enter the large end of a flaring grooved rib 7 formed in a metal holding plate 8 which is secured to card 2 by a pair of metal eyelets 9. Shank 5 extendsthrough the groove or channel at the inner side of rib 7 and protrudes through the smaller end thereof'where a snug sliding fit is established therefor. When the hook member is drawn down its angular extremity 6 engages the sloping wall of the grooved rib 7 with wedging and locking cit, this pesition tie to}? member cannot turn or rotate on the axis of its shanl and because card 2 'is made of stifl paper or the like it will flex or yield to some extent and' bindthe shank where engaged with the card when bent extremity 6 is wedged in grooved-rib? If the pull on 'hook, member 3 is'excessive or overdone thepaper card-may be disru'ptedortorn at or between the fastening eyelets, ora wobbly connection maybe produced. I therefore provide a series of indentations 10-10 at spaced intervals in the opposite sides of grooved rib '7 to resist such extreme pulls afterywedging at extremity-6 takes place.

These indentations 10-10 are also spaced apart sufliciently to form a locking recess for the bentpart 6 so that the hook member may not be easily pushed in opposite directions after it has been withdrawn for use. However, the indentations are shallow and rounded and the wire itself is round, so that the engaging surfaces may ride over one another when suflicient pressure is applied to overcome the spring resistance of the side walls of grooved rib 7. 'A plurality of spaced indentations 10-10 is also preferred to permit-the use of hook members having angu'lar lugs or extremities of varying length. Accuracy in production is therefore unnecessary and production is cheapened. Effective locking is nevertheless obtamed, because it the angularlug or bent part 6 is too short to wedge against the sloping wall of the grooved rib when drawn between two parallel sets of indentations 10-10 the hook member may be drawn out an additional distance until wedging is effected with the sloping wall and locking engagement is obtained between the next set of indentations. v v

Plate 8 is rigidly secured to card 2 by eyelets 9 which are located outside ofbut re1a= tively nearthe side walls of centerrib 7, and two straight ribs 11-11 are stampedin the plate outside of these riveting or eyelet 100 places. Ribs 11 extend vertically of the plate and are relatively as high as the highest mitting the device through the mails. These 105 additional ribs also re-enforce plate 8 and protect the union ofthe plate with the card at. eyelets 9. Furthermore, when the card-is suspended from a nail upon a wall the outer farm stable rest for the against m the wall and the device will not rock in ailixing bills or other matter to the hook. To

further stabilize the card the side ribs 10-10 diverge from center rib 7 at the bottom edge of the plate where contactusually takes place with the wall.

What I claim is: I

1. A bill hook comprising a card, a plate having a wedgc-shaped channel and indentations in the side walls of said channel, and a hook member having a shank with a bent extremity adapted to be wedged Within said channel and held in locked engagement with said indentations.

2. A bill hook comprising a card having a metallic plate affixed thereto, said plate dentations.

3. A bill hook comprising a card, a plate locking engagement with said parallel inhaving an inclined grooved rib centrally 4-. A bill hook comprising a card, a plate having a series of grooved ribs and a hook member having a shank slidably and rotatably secured Within one of said grooved ribs.

5. A bill hook comprising a perforated card, a plate having a central grooved rib and other ribs spaced apart therefrom, means located between said ribs for fastening said plate to said card, and a hook member having a shank slidably and rotatably mounted within said central rib.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CONRAD J. KORTZ. 

